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PLANT AND SOIL
卷 400, 期 1-2, 页码 403-416出版社
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-015-2744-6
关键词
Stoichiometry; Homeostasis; Chamaedaphne calyculata; Sphagnum moss; Kalmia angustifolia; Rhododendron groenlandicum; Vaccinium myrtilloides
资金
- Chinese Scholarship Council
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Discovery Grant
- National Science Foundation [DEB 1019523]
- Academy of Finland [286731, 293365]
- Northwest AF University [Z109021502]
- Academy of Finland (AKA) [286731, 293365, 286731, 293365] Funding Source: Academy of Finland (AKA)
- Direct For Biological Sciences
- Division Of Environmental Biology [1019523] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
Although ombrotrophic peatlands are nutrient deficient, it is not clear to what extent plants will respond to changes in nutrient availability. We examined the changes in foliar stoichiometry and species abundance of four shrub species and moss after a decade of nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) fertilization at the Mer Bleue bog, eastern Canada. Shrub abundance increased and moss cover decreased after fertilization with 6.4, 5 and 6.3 g m(-2) yr(-1) of N, P and K, respectively; foliar concentrations of N, P, K and calcium (Ca) and magnesium (Mg) were affected. Stoichiometry showed mainly N limitation after P and K fertilization and P (co)limitation after high levels of N addition in shrubs; moss showed consistent K or KN-co-limitation, even with PK and NPK additions. Shrubs exhibited the strongest homeostasis (the maintenance of an organism's tissue chemical composition with changes in environmental resources) to N, with the homeostatic regulation coefficient (H) > 9.7, compared to 1.4 in moss. For P and K, shrubs showed weaker homeostasis than N, while moss had a stronger homeostasis. The strong homeostasis of shrubs may be an adaptive strategy to limited availability of soil N and P.
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